Barbara Lee Niven is an American actress, writer, and producer, best known for her performances in Hallmark and Lifetime movies, and for television roles in Pensacola: Wings of Gold, One Life to Live, Cedar Cove, and Chesapeake Shores. Niven had the leading role in the independent film A Perfect Ending.
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Hannah Swensen Mysteries (2021)
Starring as Delores Swensen
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2025-02-06: Reality Bites (Feb 6, 2025)
- Episode 2024-10-04: A Sprinkle of Deceit (Oct 4, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-05: One Bad Apple (Apr 5, 2024)
- Episode 2023-10-06: A Zest for Death (Oct 6, 2023)
- Episode 2023-05-19: Carrot Cake Murder (May 19, 2023)
- Episode 2021-08-08: Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Aug 8, 2021)
Crossword Mysteries (2019)
Starring as Aunt Candace
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2021-04-11: Riddle Me Dead (Apr 11, 2021)
- Episode 2021-02-14: Terminal Descent (Feb 14, 2021)
- Episode 2020-01-05: Abracadaver (Jan 5, 2020)
- Episode 2019-10-13: Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder (Oct 13, 2019)
- Episode 2019-03-10: Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For (Mar 10, 2019)
Chesapeake Shores (2016)
Starring as Megan O'Brien
(55 episodes)
- Episode 6x10: All or Nothing at All (Oct 16, 2022)
- Episode 6x09: Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most (Oct 9, 2022)
- Episode 6x08: I Get a Kick Out of You (Oct 2, 2022)
- Episode 6x07: It's Not for Me to Say (Sep 25, 2022)
- Episode 6x06: Straighten Up and Fly Right (Sep 18, 2022)
- Episode 6x05: L-O-V-E (Sep 11, 2022)
- Episode 6x04: That's All There Is to That (Sep 4, 2022)
- Episode 6x03: Night and Day (Aug 28, 2022)
- Episode 6x02: Memories Are Made of This (Aug 21, 2022)
- Episode 6x01: The Best Is Yet to Come (Aug 14, 2022)
- Episode 5x10: That Old Feeling (Oct 17, 2021)
- Episode 5x09: What a Difference a Day Makes (Oct 10, 2021)
- Episode 5x08: Where or When? (Oct 3, 2021)
- Episode 5x07: What's New? (Sep 26, 2021)
- Episode 5x06: Love Is Here to Stay (Sep 19, 2021)
- Episode 5x05: They Can't Take That Away from Me (Sep 12, 2021)
- Episode 5x04: Happy Trails (Sep 5, 2021)
- Episode 5x03: Are the Stars Out Tonight? (Aug 29, 2021)
- Episode 5x02: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Aug 22, 2021)
- Episode 5x01: A Kiss is Still a Kiss (Aug 15, 2021)
- Episode 4x06: Watercolors, Wishes, and Weddings (Sep 29, 2019)
- Episode 4x05: All the Time in the World (Sep 22, 2019)
- Episode 4x04: Breaking Hearts and Playing Parts (Sep 15, 2019)
- Episode 4x03: A Sonnet for Caroline (Sep 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x02: Leap of Faith (Sep 1, 2019)
- Episode 4x01: The End Is Where We Begin (Aug 25, 2019)
- Episode 3x10: Before a Following Sea (Oct 7, 2018)
- Episode 3x09: Forward to the Past (Sep 30, 2018)
- Episode 3x08: All Our Tomorrows (Sep 23, 2018)
- Episode 3x07: It's Just Business (Sep 16, 2018)
- Episode 3x06: Here and There (Sep 9, 2018)
- Episode 3x05: Love Eventually (Sep 2, 2018)
- Episode 3x04: Once Upon Ever After (Aug 26, 2018)
- Episode 3x03: The Rock Is Going to Roll (Aug 19, 2018)
- Episode 3x02: The Way We Were (Aug 12, 2018)
- Episode 3x01: An Open Book (Aug 5, 2018)
- Episode 2x10: Freefall (Oct 8, 2017)
- Episode 2x09: The Royal Court (Oct 1, 2017)
- Episode 2x08: Forest Through the Trees (Sep 24, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: All Our Yesterdays (Sep 17, 2017)
- Episode 2x06: Grand Openings (Sep 10, 2017)
- Episode 2x05: Buried Treasures (Sep 3, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: It's Always Nashville (Aug 27, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: Photographs and Memories (Aug 20, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: Pasts and Presents (Aug 13, 2017)
- Episode 2x01: Secrets, Lies and School Supplies (Aug 6, 2017)
- Episode 1x09: Exes Mark the Spot (Oct 9, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: Deals Undone (Oct 2, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: Second Chances (Sep 25, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Georgia on My Mind (Sep 18, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: We're Gaining a Daughter (Sep 11, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: We're Not Losing a Son... (Sep 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Home to Roost, Part Two (Aug 28, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Home to Roost, Part One (Aug 21, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Aug 14, 2016)
Murder, She Baked (2015)
Starring as Delores Swensen
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2017-03-26: Just Desserts (Mar 26, 2017)
- Episode 2016-06-19: A Deadly Recipe (Jun 19, 2016)
- Episode 2016-01-10: A Peach Cobbler Mystery (Jan 10, 2016)
- Episode 2015-11-25: A Plum Pudding Mystery (Nov 25, 2015)
- Episode 2015-05-02: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery (May 2, 2015)
Cedar Cove (2013)
Starring as Peggy Beldon
(12 episodes)
- Episode 3x11: Getting to Know You (2) (Sep 26, 2015)
- Episode 3x03: Something's Gotta Give (Aug 1, 2015)
- Episode 3x01: Hello Again (Jul 18, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: Old Wounds (Aug 9, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: Relations and Relationships (Aug 2, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: Letting Go (2) (Jul 26, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: Letting Go (1) (Jul 19, 2014)
- Episode 1x13: Homecoming (Oct 12, 2013)
- Episode 1x12: A New Life (Oct 5, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Help Wanted (Aug 31, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Suspicious Minds (Aug 10, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: A House Divided (Jul 27, 2013)
Home & Family (2012)
Guest starring as Barbara Niven
(3 episodes)
- Episode 6x159: Episode 159 (Aug 11, 2017)
- Episode 6x59: Episode 59 (Mar 24, 2017)
- Episode 5x171: Episode 244 (Aug 26, 2016)
Eli Stone (2008)
Guest starring as Mrs. Wethersby
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Father Figure (Feb 14, 2008) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 31, 2008) [Co-Star]
Las Vegas (2003)
Guest starring as Alice Gold
- Episode 1x20: The Strange Life of Bob (Apr 19, 2004) [Co-Star]
Charmed (1998)
Guest starring as Helen Jenkins
(2 episodes)
- Episode 8x17: Generation Hex (Apr 16, 2006)
- Episode 8x11: Mr. & Mrs. Witch (Jan 8, 2006)
The Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998)
Guest starring as Elise Daley
- Episode 2x18: Prom Queen (May 14, 1999)
Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997)
Starring as Kate Anderson
(26 episodes)
- Episode 3x22: SOCEX: Final Exams (May 20, 2000)
- Episode 3x12: Aces (Nov 27, 1999)
- Episode 3x10: Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Nov 13, 1999)
- Episode 3x09: True Stories (Nov 6, 1999)
- Episode 3x08: Behind Enemy Lines (Oct 30, 1999)
- Episode 3x07: Burke's Breach (Oct 23, 1999)
- Episode 3x06: Tattoo (Oct 16, 1999)
- Episode 3x05: Officers and Gentlemen (Oct 9, 1999)
- Episode 3x04: Call to Glory (Oct 2, 1999)
- Episode 3x02: Gypsy Tumble (Sep 18, 1999)
- Episode 3x01: Tip of the Spear (Sep 11, 1999)
- Episode 2x22: Rules of Engagement (May 20, 1999)
- Episode 2x21: Night Traps (May 13, 1999)
- Episode 2x20: C.Q. (May 6, 1999)
- Episode 2x19: Touch and Go (Apr 29, 1999)
- Episode 2x18: Sortie (Apr 22, 1999)
- Episode 2x15: Fox Two (Feb 21, 1999)
- Episode 2x13: Lost (Feb 7, 1999)
- Episode 2x12: Blue Angel (Jan 30, 1999)
- Episode 2x09: Vertigo (Nov 2, 1998)
- Episode 2x08: The Red Baron (Oct 26, 1998)
- Episode 2x07: Boom (Oct 19, 1998)
- Episode 2x05: Stand Down (Oct 5, 1998)
- Episode 2x03: Solo Flight (Sep 21, 1998)
- Episode 2x02: Burn Out (Sep 14, 1998)
- Episode 2x01: Nuggets (Sep 7, 1998)
Pacific Palisades (1997)
Guest starring as Evelyn Cabot
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Private Showing (Jul 9, 1997)
- Episode 1x09: Best Laid Plans (Jul 2, 1997)
- Episode 1x08: Desperate Measure (Jun 25, 1997)
- Episode 1x07: Past & Present Danger (Jun 18, 1997)
Silk Stalkings (1991)
Guest starring as Jackie McMillan
- Episode 5x01: Pulp Addiction (Sep 17, 1995)
Guest starring as Amanda Langley
- Episode 3x10: The Party's Over (Dec 12, 1993)
Guest starring as Cally Henshaw
- Episode 2x17: Night Games (Apr 1, 1993)
Guest starring as Sally Coats
- Episode 7x19: The Party (Mar 22, 1998)